Marjane Satrapi

progressing. Marjane Satrapi grew up in Tehran, Iran. When Marjane Satrapi was growing up, she faced inequalities, mainly because she was a woman, and she uses the graphic novel, Persepolis, to illustrate and accurately show what life was like, and what conflicts she faced. In the novel, Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, women are discriminated against for many reasons, and the author uses social, gender and political differences to accurately

The graphic novel Persepolis is a coming of age memoir written by Marjane Satrapi. It is an autobiographical depiction of the life of an Iranian girl living in Iran during and after the period of the 1979 Iranian revolution and the Iran-Iraq war, demonstrating how Marjane’s persona becomes increasingly aware of the various cultural influences and religious influences that surround her and the constant conflict between the promotion Iranian and Muslim beliefs and the repression of Western ideals in

each page. Having a book with hundred pages of text and words can cause some readers to not like reading. That is why many readers prefer reading graphic books or novels. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a graphic novel about a young girl growing up in Iran during the Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War. Satrapi choose to tell her story in graphic novel form instead of normal prose-based novel because she want to have the ability to control what image the audiences see on the page, and with the

It did not take me very long to get through the graphic memoir, Persepolis not only because it is a sort of comic book, but because I could not put it down. I chose to read the interview between Robert Root and Marjane Satrapi instead of the TED talk because I love the raw dialogue between the two. Through this interview, Satrapi’s strong independence and blunt words ring through loud and clear just as her character in Persepolis. I find her honesty very refreshing, “I have always said, even verbally

Sarah Leavitt and Marjane Satrapi both use symbolism, visual structure, and tone to explore the strenuous effects of different hardships on families. In tangles, Leavitt must cope and deal with her mother’s illness, Alzheimer’s. The illness not only takes a toll on her mother but on the rest of the family as well. In Persepolis, Satrapi is growing up during the Iranian Revolution, surrounded by death, isolation and confinement. Both authors effectively use these literary techniques to ** add something

Why Marjane Satrapi chose to tell her story Persepolis in the graphic form The graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi was written in the graphic medium to appeal to a wider audience. Literary critic, Manuela Constantino, proposes that “the combination of a visual representation and a child’s point of view makes the story easily accessible and therefore attracts a wide range of readers.” (Constantino, 2008: 2) Another plausible reason for Satrapi's choice to do the novel in this medium is the

Bombings, executions, and demonstrations. These are a few catastrophes to prepare for when picking up the book Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi. Persepolis is a horrifying, yet witty memoir about a young girl, named Marji, who has grown up throughout the pre and post-Islamic Revolution. Marji expresses the element of “lostness” during this troubling time period. She shares her experience with the world through a series of comic strips. The book is initiated in 1979. At this time Marji is only nine

The differences between The Martian, by Andy Weir, and Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, are often straightforward. However, with more attention to detail and analysis, the similarities become quite pronounced as well. First, in The Martian and Persepolis setting strongly influences the characters and their experiences. The setting themselves are quite different as The Martian takes place on Mars, while Persepolis takes place in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. However, both texts have placed

women were forced by law to wear the compulsory hijab. At first, not many people took this seriously and many peaceful protests were organized. Eventually, women began to suffer at the hands of the government for refusing to submit. In this novel, Marjane is an Iranian girl living during the turmoil of the Islamic Revolution and eventually the Iran-Iraq War. She is invested in the politics of her world even from a very young age, though her views are a little skewed due to lack of direct experience

the autobiography, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, the author recounts her life story by applying different literary tools into highlighting and revealing not just the events of her life, but the emotions and thoughts accompanying the events as well. Seeing events occur affects humans much more personally than reading. To put it another way, seeing a stranger getting run over by a car will be more emotionally dramatic than reading it in the news. Therefore, Satrapi chooses to accompany her words with